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Ok I've done this for a bunch of my bikes and my cars, so I thought i'd do a write up.

Things you will need...
1) Extreamly sharp exacto knife or set... if its not razor sharp don't use it. A sharp small tipped one helps.
2) a section of vynil aprox 5 x 11 inches (i prefered matt black).
3) a printer.
4) a hairdryer
5) bout an hours worth of time.

First off its way to easy to scratch the tripple t with keychains etc. So what I do is I take some vynil and make a protector for it.

BTW... read this entire thing through before starting it.

Step 1... print off this template I made... the jpg should come out 10.75 inches by 5 inches. (you'll have to print it in landscape and probably the edges will be cut off but its easy to guess where the lines are.

 

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Step 2... Cut out the template... note the only hole you need to cut completely will be the middle where the steering stemp nut goes through. Remove the grey regions on the template and the outer... don't bother cutting out the other holes they were more or less for my marking. Line it up and make sure it fits first.

 

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Step 3... Cut your section of vynil... this is actually matt black mac-tac i'm using (you know the home shelfing stuff)... I found its a really good color match to the original paint, people can't even tell its there.

 

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Step 4... Tape the stencil to the back side of the vynil... remember FLIP the stencil so the printed side is against the back side of the vynil.

 

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Step 5... Trim the edge of the vynil... don't be perfect, but don't leave tons extra either.

 

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Step 6... Trim out the fork tube holes, key hole, and Steering stem nut... the only one that has to match exactly is the steering stem... the others can be sloppy. Remember I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE for any personal harm or damage to properties... exacto knifes are sharp and should not be played with. thats my legal disclaimer.

 

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Step 7... make sure your tripple clamp and vynil is warm... use a hairdryer to heat it up. (yeah it was cold here thats why I had to heat up the tripple). Sorry for poor quality pics too follow, I had to have the nightvission on because it was nighttime and there wasn't enough light.

 

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Step 8... Peel the tape backing of the vynil, be carefull not to stretch it right now.

 

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Step 9... Place the center of the vynil around the steering stem nut... your gonna work your way out from the middle its alot easier... oh yeah incase you didn't figure it out make sure its lined up right.

 

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Heres the real picture :-(

 

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Step 10... Use the hairdryer to heat up the vynil as you press it out to the fork tubes... try not to have any air bubbles in it, also don't worry about the key mount yet.

 

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Step 11... Fixing the stretching if you have any. If you end out with a wrinkle work it to where I have around the fork tube... next take the knife and cut out the slide where they clamp to the forks.

 

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You should now be able to work out the wrinkle by stretching around like I did in the picture.

 

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Step 12... Press the vynil down around the ridge to the key hole like I have... use the hairdryer while doing this... heat is your friend.

 

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Now you've probably been wondering why I never cut out my keyhole like I said to above... well I should have... I'm cutting it out now to get it around.

 

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Step 13... Cut out the vynil around the yamaha logo, plugs, and fork tubes. Now BE CAREFULL DO NOT SCRATCH your tripple T... You want to slightly poke the knife through the vynil and trace the edge of the circles WITHOUT touching bottom. The knife that you should have been using should have had a sharp blade on it. The knife should cut it like butter with no pressure at all, if it snags for some reason STOP and back off then retry. Never cut into the metal just use it as a guide to slowly move you around it.

 

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You can clearly see where you need to cut also.

 

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Step 14... trim off the excess flap around the whole tripple t... when you do this angle the knife away from the clamp and gently guide it around, once again do not gouge into the metal

 

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Now your gonna need to blend in the edge down to the keyhole, you'll see what I mean.

 

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Step 15... cut off excess which I forgot around the steering stem. Ya I know I got a few air bubbles in mine (I actually fixed it during this step).